IDAGIO | Songs of Travel - Songs and Lieder by Bloch, Mahler, Schubert & Vaughan Williams 198588768433

Featuring

Alexandre Beuchat
Marija Bokor
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Franz Liszt
Franz Schubert
Ernest Bloch

Gustav Mahler

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Composition History

Only eight songs from Ralph Vaughan Williams's 'Songs of Travel' were premiered in London in 1904; the ninth song was published posthumously.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in March 2023 at Kulturzentrum La Prairie in Bellmund, Switzerland.

Composer Biography

The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams guides listeners through his homeland with sounds from folk music and texts that transport them to the British Highlands.

Performer Biography

Baritone Alexandre Beuchat, originally a violinist, has been a permanent ensemble member at the Volksoper Vienna since 2016, performing roles such as Count Almaviva in 'Le nozze di Figaro' and Papageno in 'The Magic Flute'.

Composition History

Franz Liszt, a world-famous pianist and composer, was inspired to write 56 transcriptions of Franz Schubert's songs after discovering them in Vienna seven years after Schubert's death.

Composition History

Gustav Mahler's 'Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen' was created between 1883-85, stemming from Mahler's unrequited love for soprano Johanna Richter while he was a chorus master and conductor in Kassel.

Composition History

Ernest Bloch's 'Poèmes d'automne' was composed during a brief romantic relationship between Bloch and the poet Béatrix Rodès, who wrote the texts for the cycle.